Paul Gascoigne hospitalised

The impact it had on me was subtle and I didn’t realise the extent until I got out of the ­negativity. I’ve moved beyond that now and dealt with it

Rachel Knowland

Staff at the Royal National Hotel called for an ambulance after the 46-year-old former sports star passed out, and he was reportedly taken to the University College Hospital nearby.

A source tells The Sun, "He looked in a really bad state. He was hardly conscious. He was wearing the same clothes he was spotted wearing all the weekend. He was on his crutches but couldn't stand up. He kept wandering in and out of the hotel and then he collapsed."

The scare comes just four days after Gascoigne was arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly in Hertfordshire last Thursday (04Jul13).

Gascoigne spent time in a U.S. rehab facility earlier this year (13) in a bid to address his alcoholism, but he is believed to have turned to drink again following a hip operation last month (Jun13).